Created by Swiss startup Essento, the burgers are made with mealworms, rice and vegetables, and flavored with oregano and chili. The insect balls are made with mealworms, chickpeas, onions and garlic.

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In May, Switzerland revised its food safety laws to allow for the sale of insect products containing crickets, grasshoppers and mealworms — the first European country to do so.

Insects “have a high culinary potential, their production saves resources and their nutritional profile is high-quality,” Christian Bärtsch, the co-founder of Essento, said in a statement.

Mealworms, which are actually beetle larvae, apparently have a nutty flavor when roasted. They have to be bred under extremely strict conditions over the course of four generations before they’re ready for humans to eat.

Insect balls come in a package of 10 and the burgers in packages of two. Both cost about $9 — which is twice as expensive as Coop’s organic ground patties. Coop and Essento have been working to get these products on shelves for three years, according to GrubStreet.

The supermarket chain suggests wrapping the mealworm balls in pita bread and adding vegetables and yogurt sauce like a falafel.